High paying construction jobs in Corpus Christi, TX

Every construction occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Corpus Christi, TX. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single construction job is usually wider than the gap between two different ones, so where you land in a field matters more than which field you pick.

Cost of living: prices in Corpus Christi, TX run 7.3% below the national average (2024), so a Corpus Christi, TX salary is worth about 1.08× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order.

Local wage estimates are suppressed more often than state ones — BLS withholds any figure too few local employers report — so an occupation missing here simply has no published local estimate.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Corpus Christi, TX · Employed

1Construction and Building Inspectors$67,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,670 – $93,830280
2First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$66,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,390 – $97,6002,330
3Boilermakers$64,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,480 – $100,810170
4Electricians$59,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,160 – $79,3601,080
5Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$59,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,870 – $74,8701,160
6Sheet Metal Workers$58,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,830 – $85,130460
7Structural Iron and Steel Workers$57,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,210 – $64,740330
8Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$49,680
No formal educational credential
$35,360 – $59,520610
9Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$48,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,420 – $67,0101,160
10Insulation Workers, Mechanical$47,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,410 – $60,00070
11Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall$47,770
No formal educational credential
$35,250 – $58,300190
12Painters, Construction and Maintenance$47,730
No formal educational credential
$37,920 – $57,060640
13Carpenters$47,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,520 – $60,3801,250
14Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas$46,160
No formal educational credential
$34,740 – $73,320240
15Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other$44,060
No formal educational credential
$34,110 – $46,580140
16Helpers--Electricians$44,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,770 – $47,980160
17Hazardous Materials Removal Workers$42,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,650 – $58,050170
18Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers$42,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,040 – $62,600150
19Construction Laborers$42,440
No formal educational credential
$33,130 – $61,5702,640
20Roustabouts, Oil and Gas$42,210
No formal educational credential
$34,430 – $52,210340
21Pipelayers$41,590
No formal educational credential
$35,110 – $54,06070
22Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$41,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,170 – $47,360140
23Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators$39,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,000 – $55,470160
24Highway Maintenance Workers$38,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,880 – $49,220110

Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.

#	Occupation	MedianCorpus Christi, TX	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$67,350	$45,670 – $93,830	280
2	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,820	$44,390 – $97,600	2,330
3	BoilermakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,660	$52,480 – $100,810	170
4	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,410	$36,160 – $79,360	1,080
5	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,390	$37,870 – $74,870	1,160
6	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,840	$42,830 – $85,130	460
7	Structural Iron and Steel WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,440	$42,210 – $64,740	330
8	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$49,680	$35,360 – $59,520	610
9	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,320	$38,420 – $67,010	1,160
10	Insulation Workers, MechanicalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,830	$38,410 – $60,000	70
11	Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and WallNo formal educational credential	$47,770	$35,250 – $58,300	190
12	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$47,730	$37,920 – $57,060	640
13	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,200	$44,520 – $60,380	1,250
14	Service Unit Operators, Oil and GasNo formal educational credential	$46,160	$34,740 – $73,320	240
15	Helpers, Construction Trades, All OtherNo formal educational credential	$44,060	$34,110 – $46,580	140
16	Helpers--ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,040	$31,770 – $47,980	160
17	Hazardous Materials Removal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,970	$37,650 – $58,050	170
18	Miscellaneous Construction and Related WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,670	$36,040 – $62,600	150
19	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$42,440	$33,130 – $61,570	2,640
20	Roustabouts, Oil and GasNo formal educational credential	$42,210	$34,430 – $52,210	340
21	PipelayersNo formal educational credential	$41,590	$35,110 – $54,060	70
22	Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,270	$33,170 – $47,360	140
23	Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,360	$36,000 – $55,470	160
24	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,330	$35,880 – $49,220	110

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Corpus Christi, TX. The rarer ones are real jobs — but a 1,190-person occupation at the top of a list answers a different question than the one most readers are asking.

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